The month of April has always been the perfect time for renewal and fresh starts. I feel energized … The air is crisp, plants are vibrant and not even the perfect combo of blankets and Netflix can convince me to stay indoors. As such, the theme of...

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people who are of the same...

Like most people, I absolutely love to play the game Candy Crush Saga*. Every time I reach a new level or barrier, it reminds me of a good metaphor for some aspect of best social business practices. Here are three things that I've learned about social...

What would you do with Watson. How to gain access to the API and how IBM Clients and IBM Partners can prepare for cognitive applications
Mike Rhodin who leads IBM's new Watson Group, said “Watson is one of the most...

IT professionals -- and I say this with compassion, having been one myself -- tend to think way too much about the T, and not nearly enough about the I.
What do I mean by that? I mean that while technology certainly drives business services, it is...

If I only knew then, what I know now!
I was out running errands in Chicago and happened to drive near the campus of DePaul University . It was move-in day for all of the new and returning students.
I have...

There will soon come a time when we no longer think of Watson as “that computer that won on Jeopardy! ” The cognitive computing marvel is set to touch our lives in ways great and small, including ones we might not have expected – for...

We’ve all done it – thrown out unused ingredients or food when we’ve made too much, and meanwhile there are many people going hungry. Or we’ve eaten foods because they taste great but aren’t necessarily of any nutritional value,...

Ask any Austinite what one of the biggest problems is in the city right now and the answer will likely be the same: growth. Traffic, cost of living or running a business, new construction – all of these issues are swelling at an overwhelming rate. Locals...

This week marks an important point for me: three years ago I started my placement at IBM. This is of course punctuated by returning to university, graduating, travelling and then returning to IBM.
I can honestly say that choosing to do a...

In medieval times, Alchemists hoped to convert base metals
into the noble metal gold through the use of a Philosopher's Stone. Today, in the field of information science, we talk about
Information Alchemy, converting data into information and then...

4 Non-Trivial Questions to Ask before Committing to Production Document Capture
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Meet Florian , Senior Software Engineer in the Watson Life department of the IBM Watson Group, lead architect of the Chef Watson project, foodie blogger , and soon-to-be TED speaker!
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